Opportunities

The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is a federally funded, international exchange program that offers democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world the opportunity to spend five months in residence at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), in Washington, D.C., in order to undertake independent research on democracy in a particular country or region. The program offers five-month fellowships for practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building democracy abroad and five-month fellowships for scholars to conduct original research for publication.

The purpose of the Fellowship is to contribute to the professional development of aspiring journalists in the countries of the EU’s Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans in support of media freedom and independence. Fellows will be selected on a competitive basis from Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans countries and placed with a local RFE/RL bureau. They will be integrated into the daily work of the bureau, where they will work on a full-time basis to produce content across all journalistic platforms and participate in editorial discussions under the supervision and mentoring of professional RFE/RL colleagues. As a result of the program, Fellows are expected to strengthen their journalistic skills and knowledge, develop their editorial judgment, expand their professional networks, and deepen their understanding of the role of an independent press in their country. English-language proficiency is not required. Journalists from Ukraine are eligible to apply.

This database is an initiative of the Forum Solidarity Task Force and contains information on different types of emergency resources for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), including journalists, artists, lawyers and researchers. The majority of assistance programmes in this database are designed for HRDs from Russia, the EU and the countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Professional freelance journalists working in news and current affairs whose only source of income comes from journalism can apply for assistance funds.

The Assistance Desk of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) provides financial and administrative assistance to professional journalists and citizen-journalists who have been the victims of reprisals because of their reporting. Requests for help can be sent at any time.

The Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom has a fellowship program that provides support for political refugees and immigrants who were forced to leave their country, but still want to engage in their homeland’s social scene and political affairs.

This database gives an overview of organizations which offer medical support, support for veterans and internally displaced persons, support for religious and ethnic minorities, support for LGBTQIA+ and children. It is regularly updated.

Professors, researchers and public intellectuals from any country/any discipline who face threats and
holds a Ph.D. or highest degree in their field and have significant experience in research or teaching are eligible to search the fellowship. The fellowship is 25.000$ for a one year period, which is extendable to maximum 2 years. The fellowship is granted quarterly, meaning there is no deadline.

Fellowship for highly qualified international scientists and scholars from all disciplines who completed their doctorates less than 12 years ago and wish to spend extended periods of research in Germany are invited to apply. The fellowship is worth 3,000 EUR per month. The amount includes a mobility lump sum and payments towards health and liability insurances. Applications can be submitted at any time.. The Selection Committee responsible for reviewing applications to this programme meets every March, July, and November.

The Library Access Initiative by the The New University in Exile Consortium provides stranded endangered scholars with remote access to the electronic materials available via consortium member-institution libraries. Eligible are scholars who hold a Ph.D. or who are in the last year of their Ph.D. with no access to research resources due to armed conflict.

Funding abroad can only be provided if researchers are integrated into Germany’s academic research system. This is the case if, immediately prior to submitting a proposal, they have worked as a researcher in Germany for a continuous period of at least three years during their doctoral and/or postdoctoral phase. If researchers are already based abroad, funding can be provided abroad if they have completed the majority of their schooling and higher education in Germany and, as of proposal time, have not spent more than three years abroad for research purposes after completing their doctorate in Germany or abroad. Furthermore, they must not have worked longer than one year at the host institution selected for the Walter Benjamin fellowship as of proposal time.

e-editiones and the TEI Consortium in collaboration with Archives Online and JinnTec announce a small grant program aiming to help scholars of Ukrainian cultural heritage to continue their work that has been disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We urge other institutions to support this call so we can offer funding for more of our colleagues affected by the war.

Any scholar who had to leave Ukraine or relocate within Ukrainian territory because of the war and is working on sources broadly conceived as textual cultural heritage and plans to make data and results openly available.

New University in Exile Consortium programs are meant to instill a sense of belonging to an intellectual community and to decrease the sense of isolation and dislocation which exiled scholars suffer.

This platform connects international businesses with Ukrainian professionals working remotely.

The German Research Foundation supports refugee researchers in applying for a position at a German research institution under the existing Walter Benjamin Programme (see form 50.10). The aim of the funding is to integrate them into the academic system in Germany. Proposals may be submitted under this programme from all disciplines, and you are free to choose the subject of your research.

The American Academy for Jewish Research, the New York Public Library, and the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham University invite applications for fellowships from scholars affected by the current war in Ukraine. Funding is primarily available for scholars in Jewish studies from any area of research, while additional funding will support scholars in any field of Slavic Studies. The fellowship’s goal is to provide support and remote access to resources for scholars in need affected by the war.

The fellowships consist of a $5000 stipend, remote access to library resources at Fordham and the NYPL, especially NYPL’s Dorot Jewish Division and the Slavic collection, and networking with faculty members within the AAJR and Fordham University. When feasible, fellows will share their work with the members of the AAJR and learning community of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham University and the New York Public Library.